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AP World: Chapter 4 Early Societies in South Asia Flashcards

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198399036AryansEuropean tribes who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E.; their union with indigenous Dravidians formed the basis of Hinduism.0
198399037BrahminsHindu caste of priests.1
198399038DravidiansPeoples who produced the brilliant Harappan society in India, 3000-1500 B.C.E.2
198399039HarappanEarly brilliant Indian society centered around Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.3
198399040HarappanEarly brilliant Indian society centered around Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.4
198399041IndraEarly Indian god associated with the Aryans; Indra was the king of the gods and was associated with warfare and thunderbolts.5
198399042JatiIndian word for a Hindu subcaste.6
198399043KarmaHindu concept that the sum of good and bad in a person's life will determine his or her status in the next life.7
198399044KshatriyasHindu caste of warriors and aristocrats.8
198399045Lawbook of ManuA moral code prepared in the first century B.C.E. in India dictating the role of women in Indian society.9
198399046MokshaHindu concept of the salvation of the soul.10
198399047NeolithicNew Stone Age (10,000-4000 B.C.E.), which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture.11
198399048PrakitDaily-use language of the early Aryans.12
198399049SamsaraHindu term for the concept of transmigration, that is, the soul passing into a new incarnation.13
198399050SanskritSacred language of the early Aryans14
198399051SatiAlso known as suttee, Indian practice of a widow throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.15
198399052ShudrasHindu caste of landless peasants and serfs.16
198399053UpanishadsIndian reflections and dialogues (800-400 B.C.E.) that reflected basic Hindu concepts.17
198399054VaishyasHindu caste of cultivators, artisans, and merchants.18
198399055VarnaHindu word for caste.19
198399056VarunaAryan god who watched over the behavior of mortals and preserved the cosmic order.20
198399057Vedas"Wisdom," early collections of prayers and hymns that provide information about the Indo-European Aryans who migrated into India around 1500 B.C.E.; Rig Veda is most important collection.21

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